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Kolkata, the capital of the state, constitutes the Kolkata district. Other districts are further divided into administrative units such as subdivisions and blocks, administered by SDO and BDO, respectively. The Panchayati Raj has a three-tier structure in the state.
Kolkata district had 1,012 registered factories in 2010. The three most important goods manufactured in Kolkata district in 2009 were: engineering goods, leather products and rubber products. [47] There was a boom in information technology sector since 2001 with more and more companies being set up in Salt Lake Sector V and later in New Town.
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A group of districts forms a division, which is administered by a 'Divisional Commissioner'. West Bengal is now divided in 23 districts , grouped under five divisions: [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Presidency division
Rank Name District Type* Population 2011 Male Female Population below 5 yrs Literacy rate 1 Kolkata: Kolkata, North 24 Parganas South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Howrah, Hooghly, : UA (Tier 1)
District 1 Bidhannagar (BMC 2015) (Salt Lake City) Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy (Best Chief Minister of West Bengal 1948-1962) (Hailed from a Bengali Hindu family of Khulna, Bengal, present-day Bangladesh/East Bengal) $6,000 6,32,107 North 24 Parganas: 2 Kolkata (KMC 1876) British Empire of England $4,400 44,96,694 Kolkata and South 24 Parganas: 3
Vidhan Sabha, Kolkata, West Bengal: Website; www.wbassembly.gov.in: Footnotes; The Assembly was established in 1862 for the Bengal Presidency. The Presidency became the state of West Bengal in the Republic of India in 1950; the state of West Bengal in its current state was formed on 1 May 1960.
Subdivision is an administrative unit below district level and above the block or Tehsil level in the state West Bengal of India. Presently there are 69 subdivisions in 23 districts of West Bengal. [1] Subdivisions are a group of blocks and it is administered by Sub-divisional Officer (SDO) also called as Sub-divisional Magistrate (SDM).